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Product Identifiers
PublisherKensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN-100806525819
ISBN-139780806525815
eBay Product ID (ePID)30223922
Product Key Features
Book TitleRum : the Epic Story of the Drink That Conquered the World
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year2004
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorCharles Coulombe, Charles A. Coulombe
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-112328
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal641.2/59
SynopsisFascinating, erudite and entertaining, this,definitive account takes readers on a journey to,rum's origins, from 1492 when Columbus brought,sugar cane to the Americas and began a vast,colonial enterprise that circled the globe, to,mid-Seventeenth century Barbados, where a liquor,made from distilled sugar cane was called,Rumbullion, to the important role it played in,the history of the slave trade in the 1500s, to,how it helped sustain the British empire for 300,years. From the traditional daily ration of grog,to the Mojito it truly shook our world!, Fascinating, erudite and entertaining, this definitive account takes readers on a journey to rum's origins, from 1492 when Columbus brought sugar cane to the Americas and began a vast colonial enterprise that circled the globe, to mid-Seventeenth century Barbados, where a liquor made from distilled sugar cane was called Rumbullion', to the important role it played in the history of the slave trade in the 1500s, to how it helped sustain the British empire for 300 years. From the traditional daily ration of grog to the Mojito it truly shook our world!'
LC Classification NumberTP607.R9
